Zurcher

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈzɝkɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zurcher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 59th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 146K
  • USUnited States1 in 248K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zurcher itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 named Zuercher, est.

Sources
220 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zürcher in CH Switzerland, NO Norway and Zuercher in CN China, CY Cyprus.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zurcher counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zurcher is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 84K—Zuercher2
CH Switzerland#597,6181 in 1.1K7.6KZürcher59
TH Thailand—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 43K—Zurcher1
US United States—1,3431 in 248K1.3KZurcher220
FR France—≈460 est.≈1 in 146K51Zurcher139
LB Lebanon—≈95 est.≈1 in 57K—Zurcher1
NO Norway—941 in 58K94Zürcher6
CY Cyprus—≈20 est.≈1 in 64K—Zuercher4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zurcher is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Switzerland, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zürcher, Zûrcher

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zürcher

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Denmark, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Zürcher

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

    Also written Zürcher

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950Antoni Zurcher, b. 1755Antonie Frederik Zurcher the Elder, b. 1782Frédéric Zurcher, b. 1816Amélie Zurcher, b. 1858Arnold John Zurcher, b. 1902Neil Zurcher, b. 1935

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Zurcher,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Zurcher
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.3K#19,966
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.3K#18,847
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.3K#20,367
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—94#16,140
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196175—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194174—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193163—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198157—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195157—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199151—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192150—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197149—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Zurcher?
A machine transcription gives /ˈzɝkɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Zurcher have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Zuercher in China, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Zurcher most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zurcher is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.1 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zurcher?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 7,618 people named Zurcher in 2024, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
How common is Zurcher compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Zurcher is the 59th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zurcher” — the 59th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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